Gardening Conversations: Four seasons of gardening with Cooperative Extension horticulturist Amy Ivy. Matha Foley hosts
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Gardening Conversations: Four seasons of gardening with Cooperative Extension horticulturist Amy Ivy. Matha Foley hosts
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A new start for Saranac Lake's community garden
(May 18, 2020) Volunteers with Common Ground Gardens, a community garden with locations around Saranac Lake, are hoping to reopen the Old Lake Colby g...
Joyful Noise: father and daughter planting a "victory garden" in Peru
(Apr 13, 2020) Chuck and Kris Minster moved from the Finger Lakes to Peru in Clinton County in
October of 2019, to be closer to their daughter,...
A final gardening conversation with horticulturist Amy Ivy
(Dec 31, 2018) For more than 20 years, horticulturist Amy Ivy has shared her expertise and love of gardening in conversation with Martha Foley each Mo...
Gifts for the "green thumb" in your life
(Dec 17, 2018) Arrangements and centerpieces and cut flowers may be a better gift for the non-gardener; live plants can bring a burden of guilt. but t...
Houseplants (almost) guaranteed to brighten winter days
(Dec 3, 2018) The Winter Solstice is three weeks away. The sun is low in the sky; days are short and getting shorter. Cold drizzle and slush aren't he...
With winter, gardening goes indoors
(Nov 12, 2018) Not only is it getting consistently frosty, we've had a string of wet days. Conditions haven't been ideal for gardening outdoors. But t...
Time to put down the hedge clippers!
(Nov 5, 2018) Shrubs and trees are on the way into winter. They're literally shutting down for the coming cold. So it's a bad time to do any unnecessa...
Grasses are stand-outs in the fall garden
(Oct 29, 2018) There are a few blossoms left in the perennial garden, if you're lucky and have a really hardy mum or showy Autumn Joy sedum. But, most...
Those fallen leaves - blessing, or curse?
(Oct 22, 2018) If it's a matter of raking and disposal, the thick fall of leaves from your maples or oaks can be a real headache. But gardeners can tu...
Get ready for frost
(Oct 15, 2018) We're expecting a killing frost across the region this week. Time to dig up and/or bring in plants you want to keep through the winter....
Get set - it's go time to plant garlic
(Oct 8, 2018) Garlic is one of those spring bulbs you plant in the fall, like daffodils, tulips and crocuses. Cooperative Extension's Amy Ivy offers l...
Raised beds - the basics
(Sep 17, 2018) What are they? Why bother? And, how do you make them? Cooperative Extension's Amy Ivy answers the basic questions of raised beds: what?...
Cleaning out. Looking ahead.
(Sep 10, 2018) In mid-September some of a gardener's work is deconstruction, some is preparation, and some is just thinking. Cooperative Extension's A...
Keeping annuals blooming and other late season tips and chores
(Sep 3, 2018) The late warm weather helps extend the blooming season. Deadheading annuals like zinnia will also help. You can divide perennials that a...
What's your garden favorite in late summer?
(Aug 27, 2018) Gardens have a distinctly different look as August winds down. There's usually a lot of browned-out foliage to clean out (if you've bee...
The joy of gardening in late summer
(Aug 20, 2018) Are you back from out of town, or finally able to focus on the late summer garden? Are there parts of the garden overrun by weeds?...
August in the garden: time to hoard the garlic!
(Aug 13, 2018) Cornell Cooperative Extension Horticulturist Amy Ivy says now is the time to start thinking about next year's garlic crop. Her advice...
It's bugs and beetle time in the garden
(Aug 6, 2018) There's lots of talk among gardeners right now about that annual, persistent, pesky visitor, the Japanese Beetle. Cooperative Extension'...
Tuning up tomatoes for ripening, and a little planting for fall
(Jul 30, 2018) Lots of heat and sun, and just enough rain has given most tomato plants are real boost. [full story]
In the garden: Dry, drier, but not yet driest
(Jul 16, 2018) The upside: this is great sunny summer weather for swimming, boating, picnics and parades. But gardeners' flowers and vegetables are be...